Is Sookie Stackhouse Just One of God’s Mistakes?

Here we have it: the very last sneak peek video of HBO’s True Blood EVER! In this video we find Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) questioning whether God makes mistakes, and wondering if maybe she is one of them.

Under the sneak peek video, we have some new release promo stills from Episode 10 (entitled Thank You) of True Blood Season 7.

Also, don’t forget to place your bids on your fave True Blood props and costumes in the ScreenBid auction that is running right now. Currently, Eric Northman’s (Alexanderskarsgard) throne has reached $7,700 dollars, but if that is out of your budget, there are still plenty of items priced around the $100 mark.

Finally, don’t forget that you can’t have a True Blood finale without some of Gran’s home-baked cooking! Why not whip up Adele Stackhouse’s (Lois Smith) famous pecan pie that Sookie sobbed over in Season 1? You can find the recipe by clicking here.

Synopsis (revised slightly from the one displayed in previous articles):

Sookie Stackhouse weighs a future with and without Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer). Eric Northman and Pam (Kristin Bauer van Straten) embark on a new enterprise, while Sarah Newlin (Anna Camp) faces the consequences of her actions. Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell) embraces his new life; Andy Bellefleur (Chris Bauer) comes upon an unexpected inheritance.

A Recipe to Get You in the Mood for the True Blood Finale:

So here we are, at the very end of HBO’s True Blood and we are crying like Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) did after her Gran died all the way back in Season 1. In tribute of this sad event, I am reposting my recipe for Gran’s Pecan Pie, so all you truebies can cry into their pie while watching the True Blood Season 7 finale!

Only Days to Go to the True Blood Finale – it’s Time to Plan a Party:

Many trubies are lamenting the fact that HBO’s True Blood Season 6 is drawing to an end. With only 10 episodes instead of it’s usual 12, the time to plan a finale party for True Blood has come around a little quicker than expected!

After all, it seems like just yesterday we were planning out True Blood premiere party. Perhaps we could use the ideas from that party? Yes, you could, but if you are inviting the same people, then it’s time to think about all the new foods that have been inspired by True Blood’s Season 6.

So to entertain and surprise your friends, why not try:

Food

For starters, no True Blood finale party is complete without Sookie’s (Anna Paquin) gran’s pecan pie recipe. You can make one from scratch using our exclusive recipe. Or, if you are pressed for time, why not buy a ready made pie base and just cook up the pie filling?

Why not try some raspberry liquorice dipped in chocolate? In Australia, these are called raspberry liquorice bullets – and since Governor Burrell (Arliss Howard) created vampire-stopping bullets, these red-centered treats would be a great way to represent this

Even though you probably had these treats at the premiere party, it’s probably time to heat up more cocktail frankfurters and call them Lilith’s (Jessica Clarke) henchwomen!

Balls of cotton candy on sticks would be a great way to represent Sookie’s magic fairy light balls

There has been so much blood this season, so anything that is red, or can have globs of jelly added to it will help fill your table. Bite-sized pancakes topped with whipped cream and then drizzled with runny strawberry jelly is a quick way to add some bloody colour. Red velvet cupcakes are always great too!

Our favorite screamer, Ginger (Tara Buck) was back with a vengeance in Episode 9, why not track down some candied ginger or ginger nut cookies to celebrate?

Make fairy freckles – melt down some white chocolate, blob it down in bite-sized circles on baking paper and shake on lots of sprinkles or edible sparkle

They may be fiddly to make, but shoe cupcakes would be a perfect addition to your True Blood finale party – just be careful not to stab anyone in the head with them!

If you have some extra time and are game enough to attempt making your own candy, why not try some bloody lollypops? It’s a great way to represent the Blood Will Spill promo poster.

Drinks

No True Blood Season 6 finale party can be complete without a case of Raging Bitch beer!

Ditto a few cases of Tru Blood – especially considering the Hep V contamination this year. To represent this, why not drop a strawberry or blueberry in each bottle? Or to make it fun, just ‘contaminate’ a few bottles and see who ends up ‘dead’ among your crowd when Episode 10 ends.

Want to water a large trubie crew? Then fruit punch is the way to go. Make it red, fizzy, filled with vodka and berries and stick a name tag on it that says ‘Talbot’ (Theo Alexander).

So needles seem to be a prominent theme this year – which means it’s time for red jello shots!

How about a drink with the name: Eric’s Bare Bottom? It this tickles your fancy, then head on over to Grapefriend.com for the recipe. You can do so by clicking here.

What do you have planned for your True Blood Season 6 finale party? Let us know in the comments below.

And to get you inspired, here’s the clip of Sookie eating gran’s pecan pie from all the way back in Season 1:

Get Inspired With These Easy (But Bloody) True Blood-Inspired Ideas:

There are only a few days dragging by until June 16th and the Season 6 premiere of HBO’s True Blood. While #WaitingSucks, it also gives you the opportunity to get your premiere party sorted ahead of time.

Normally I reserve gran’s pecan pie recipe for the finale, so I can cry along like Sookie (Anna Paquin) did in Season 1, but there are plenty of other ideas to whet every truebie’s appetite!

For starters there are a couple of great recipe books out dedicated entirely to True Blood-inspired cuisine:

While all these recipes are awesome, there are still plenty of creative ideas left to inspire your True Blood premiere party.

Why not use Talbot (Theo Alexander) as inspiration and make jello or fruit punch in a crystal candy jar? If you have any gummi body part treats or chocolate eyeballs left over from Halloween, even better.

Speaking of Talbot – remember when he served blood as soup? Tomato soup would be great, but, as an alternative, why not try chilled beetroot soup?

Layfayette (Nelsan Ellis) is known for his special burger recipe at Merlotte’s. While burgers are unwieldy at a party, why not make Lafayette meat balls? Dunking little wooden toothpicks in red food colouring (bloody stakes) completes the ensemble.

Of course, thanks to the emergence of all the fairies in Bon Temps in Season 5, why not serve the kindergarten classic: fairy bread?

When thinking of True Blood inspired food, it’s a MUST to serve red velvet cupcakes. (Well that’s my excuse anyway!) But why not #ShowYourFangs and add some candy teeth to the top? Or, alternatively, try some bloody splatters of red food colouring thickened with corn syrup.

Did you know that you can purchase food grade plastic syringes (without the needle top, of course)? These can be filled with Tru Blood jello shots and left in a bowl (or you can re-use Talbot if everyone has finished with the fruit punch).

Did the jello shots make you thirsty? Well, the classic Tequila Sunrise goes perfectly with Arlene’s (Carrie Preston) hair.

Announcing the Official Cookbook for HBO’s Hit Vampire Drama:

Truebies and talented cooks rejoice! The officialTrue Blood cookbook will be available to ship on August 29! While the specifics of the book remain as scarce as a vampire in daylight, it has been revealed that the 85 recipes included are centered around authentic Southern comfort food. Maybe there’ll be one called “Ya’ll Gon’ Wish You Ain’t Ate That Corn Bread.” Oh, and another called “Gran’s Pie.” The possibilities are almost as endless as a vampire’s life span. Stick around, folks, I got a million of ’em.

The book also contains 150 full page photos from the show to “give fans a big taste of Bon Temps.” The book is written by Gianna Sobol, an associate producer on the show, and the one and onlyMr. Alan Ball. The recipes are by the self-proclaimed Queen of Cajun Cooking Marcelle Bienvenu.

You can pre-order a copy at the HBO Store website. It ships August 29th, just in time for the season 5 finale!

Lafayette comin’ atcha here. Youse know that I am an Entrepreneur! I work on da road crew to keep myself lookin’ hot and SEXAY and line my pockets with a little jingle. Then at nights I cook at Merlotte’s bar where all the local necks hang out. So now I’m branchin’ out and I’m goin’ to be Bon Temps version of da BAM! man. I mean no one has more Bam! Bam! Bam! than ‘lil ole me! And I kin cook too! Every week or so I’m going to teach y’all to make food good enough to melt even Nan Flanagan’s heart. Bon Chika Wow Wow – Appetit!

Jive Turkey Sloppy Joes

Child, youse know dat Turkey Day right around da corner. And you know down here, we gon get full off dat fried bird.

We gon have Nettie Mae’s macaroni and cheese, Tara’s green bean casserole, Sam’s potato salad, Arlene’s pumpkin pie, and Jason gon bring da dressing. I don’t know how well he gon do wit dat, but we gon give it a try. It’s his second Thanksgiving without Grams, so you know he gon be missing her.

And you remember what happened last year wit Andy and dat fried turkey. He darned near burned my whole property down, so you just know he ain’t got no invite to bring no food – we just told him to show up and fix himself a plate and we gon handle da cookin.

Heffers, I know y’all finna sit down da day after Thanksgiving to tryna figure out what you gonna do wit all dat leftover turkey. Turkey gumbo, turkey po-boys – well you get da picture. Well, ya boy gonna let you know whatcha can do wit da leftovers and yo family gonna love it.

Ingredients:

5 cups of leftover turkey

½ bottle of BBQ sauce

¼ cup of mustard

1/8 stick of butter

2 tablespoons of grape jelly

Creole seasoning

Throw all dem ingredients into dat Crock Pot and mix dem together well. Simmer on low for 5 hours. What youse can do is put dat in ya Crock Pot when you head over to da mall on Friday. By da time you get back in from all dat beatin da pavement, ya food gonna be ready to serve. Let dat mix cook all day and den serve dat on some French bread, toast, hamburger buns, or for you Yankees up north, hoagie buns.

Enjoy & Happy Turkey Day, tricks!

Written By: Arlene Culpepper

Graphics Creation Credits: Steven Easterly

Photo Credit: www.tasteofhome.com

To read more yummy Lafayette approved recipes use the search function to find “What’s Cookin‘” in our archives!

Disclaimer: These recipes are provided for entertainment and culinary purposes only and should be made by ordinary humans only with ordinary ingredients. This column is a parody of the Gothic fantasy series, True Blood, and as such, is presented here for your amusement. What’s Cookin’ and the various writers that contribute to it, have no relationship/affiliation to HBO, True Blood, or any of the cast or crew of said nor any relation to Charlain Harris’s or the Sookie Stackhouse novels.

Lafayette comin’ atcha here. Youse know that I am an Entrepreneur! I work on da road crew to keep myself lookin’ hot and SEXAY and line my pockets with a little jingle. Then at nights I cook at Merlotte’s bar where all the local necks hang out. So now I’m branchin’ out and I’m goin’ to be Bon Temps version of da BAM! man. I mean no one has more Bam! Bam! Bam! than ‘lil ole me! And I kin cook too! Every week or so I’m going to teach y’all to make food good enough to melt even Nan Flanagan’s heart. Bon Chika Wow Wow – Appetit!

How y’all been durin’? I hope well ‘cuz I gots anotha recipe fo ya, but first let me tell you tramps what I been up to ….

Ya boy been doin’ all kinda stuff while hangin’ out with Jesus. Dat man dere – I tell ya. He is so hot and spicy … he makes ya boy just wanna holler. Me and Jesus was hangin’ out the other night when I got off work at Merlotte’s. Lawd knows I sho didn’t want to come home and cook but my man was hungry and I had to hook him up. I got ready to whip somethin’ up when Tara called. Lawd, dat girl can’t do nothin’ right since Eggs done gone and got himself killed. I ain’t far from tellin’ her she need to come with me to the head doctor.

Once I took care of dat, I came back home and started looking around da kitchen and found just what I needed to get a quick snack poppin’. Lawd, Jesus loved it too. He ain’t never had no po-boy, but I have. Shiiii, I gets at least one every time I go to N’awlins. Matter of fact, a friend of mines down there showed me how to make this hear mean one.

Imma have to put da po-boy on da menu to my house. Imma start getting’ used to Jesus hangin’ around… And trust, that boy ain’t goin’ nowhere long as I keep cookin’ like I do.

Here ya go – enjoy did easy meal:

Ingredients:

French bread

Link of smoked sausage

2 slices of American Cheese

Lettuce

Tomato (sliced)

Mayonnaise

Spicy Creole Mustard

Louisiana Hot Sauce

Child, ya gotta put the link of sausage in a pot of boiling water and let it boil til it rises to da top and is heated well through and through. While ya doing dat, cut dat bread lengthwise and spread da mayo and mustard on it. Put da cheese on da bottom piece, remove dat link from da water and drain it. Den ya gonna slice da link lengthwise and place it flat against da bottom piece of bread, on top of da cheese. Top with lettuce and tomatoes and sprinkle some dat Weeziana hawt sauce (‘cuz I knows you hookahs be liking things spicy), and close da bread. Cut da po-boy in half and serve with pickles, olives and chips.

Ain’t nothin’ else dat quick, easy and unique. Ooops, sounds like I just described ya boy! Til next time, you fools keep it poppin. I’ll be back real soon with anotha recipe and let ya’ll know what I been up to.

Written by: Arlene Culpepper

(Photo credit: www.blackenedout.com/2009_12_01_archive.html )

Graphics Creation Credits: Steven Easterly

To read more yummy Lafayette approved recipes use the search function to find “What’s Cookin‘” in our archives!

Disclaimer: These recipes are provided for entertainment and culinary purposes only and should be made by ordinary humans with only ordinary ingredients. This column is a parody of the Gothic fantasy series, True Blood, and as such, is presented here for your amusement. What’s Cookin’ and the various writers that contribute to it, have no relationship/affiliation to HBO, True Blood, or any of the cast or crew of said nor any relation to Charlain Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse novels.

Lafayette comin’ atcha here. Youse know that I am an Entrepreneur! I work on da road crew to keep myself lookin’ hot and SEXAY and line my pockets with a little jingle. Then at nights I cook at Merlotte’s bar where all the local necks hang out. So now I’m branchin’ out and I’m goin’ to be Bon Temps version of da BAM! man. I mean no one has more Bam! Bam! Bam! than ‘lil ole me! And I kin cook too! Every week or so I’m going to teach y’all to make food good enough to melt even Nan Flanagan’s heart. Bon Chika Wow Wow – Appetit!

Child, ya boy been drinkin’ himself in oblivion dis week. Youse know how my past week went and well …. It wasn’t good at all. I got dumped by a sexy mofo and it ain’t feel too good. I sho didn’t see that comin’. He think my pharmaceutical sales is a lil too much for him? He just don’t know. Dat’s da whole reason I can afford to pay part of his pitiful salary – cuz you know I be keepin’ my moms in da home wit ma lil side jobs. Well all I gots to say to dat is “Whateva”. I ain’t got to prove nothin’ to no one and I sho ain’t gots to worry about him. Imma be okay. Ya boy sho gone show him I ain’t need need or nobody else. Cept maybe Tara, whereva she at.

Enough about lil ol’ me. I wants to make sho y’all gots something cool to sip on during these hot days of summer. I tells Arlene to make these fo dem necks sometime. Dey love dem thangs. But den again, dem necks like anything that be havin’ dat bourbon in it. You know how we do down here.

Ingredients:

2.5 ounces of bourbon (whiskey)

4 fresh sprigs of mint

2 teaspoons of water or tonic

1 teaspoon of powdered sugar

Directions: Mix mint leaves, water and powdered sugar in a tall, slim glass. Fill dat glass with some crushed ice, add da bourbon, mix well and serve to yo guests. Child, just don’t get too taka laka cuz’ you know some crazy stuff could go down. Til next time, enjoy ya lil refreshments.

(Photo credit: K. S. Rose)

Graphics Creation Credits: Steven Easterly

To read more yummy Lafayette approved recipes use the search function to find “What’s Cookin‘” in our archives!

Disclaimer: These recipes are provided for entertainment and culinary purposes only and should be made by ordinary humans only with ordinary ingredients. This column is a parody of the Gothic fantasy series, True Blood, and as such, is presented here for your amusement. What’s Cookin’ and the various writers that contribute to it, have no relationship/affiliation to HBO, True Blood, or any of the cast or crew of said nor any relation to Charlain Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse novels.

Lafayette comin’ atcha here. Youse know that I am an Entrepreneur! I work on da road crew to keep myself lookin’ hot and SEXAY and line my pockets with a little jingle. Then at nights I cook at Merlotte’s bar where all the local necks hang out. So now I’m branchin’ out and I’m goin’ to be Bon Temps version of da BAM! man. I mean no one has more Bam! Bam! Bam! than ‘lil ole me! And I kin cook too! Every week or so I’m going to teach y’all to make food good enough to melt even Nan Flanagan’s heart. Bon Chika Wow Wow – Appetit!

Renard Parish Roasted Creole Potatoes

Child, yo boy LaFayette is so tired. Youse know I work hard at all of dems job I been having and now I gots one mo.

Dem fools over dere at BP done gone and caused a mess just off our coast. I don’t know if dey ever gone get dis mess cleaned up, but I went down here to see if I could get rid of some of Eric’s junk. Man, dem people be going crazy over dat vampire blood. I done gone and got a bunch of dem folks hooked on dat stuff.

Yo boy been down there and den had to come back to Renard Parish and deal wit all of Tara’s drama. She done gone and lost her everlovin mind over Eggs. I be cookin for her to try to cheer her up. I just hope dat she don’t find out what really went down when Eggs got shot. She gone lose her mind fo sho if dat happens.

Imma share one of Tara’s favorite dishes with y’all. I figured since da 4th of July was coming up, you could serve dis along with yo barbeque. She love my potatoes. Lettie Mae be gettin me to make dem fo her to take to da church functions. Dem folks love my stuff, do dey think dat Lettie Mae herself be making dat. And dat fool don’t tell em no different.

Here go da recipe:

Ingredients

2 pounds of red potatoes (child, cut dem things up in some lil cubes)

1 chopped yellow onion

1 chopped green better pepper

2 cloves of garlic (diced)

Sprinkle of cayenne pepper

Creole seasoning (to taste)

1 stalk of green onions

1 stalk of celery

Olive oil

1 links of andouille sausage

Heat dat oven up to bout 400 degrees. Toss dem potatoes in a roasting pain and mix wit all other ingredients. Drizzle dat olive oil all over dem and mix well. Roast dem thangs in dat oven fo about 45 minutes. Make sure you turn dem every few minutes. When dey turn golden brown, dey ready.

Now I like my potato salad on da 4th, but dis here recipe is a nice substitute or even addition to yo menu. Holler atcha boy and lemme know how dat turn out.

To read more yummy Lafayette approved recipes use the search function to find “What’s Cookin‘” in our archives!

Disclaimer: These recipes are provided for entertainment and culinary purposes only and should be made by ordinary humans only with ordinary ingredients. This column is a parody of the Gothic fantasy series, True Blood, and as such, is presented here for your amusement. What’s Cookin’ and the various writers that contribute to it, have no relationship/affiliation to HBO, True Blood, or any of the cast or crew of said nor any relation to Charlain Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse novels.

Lafayette comin’ atcha here. Youse know that I am an Entrepreneur! I work on da road crew to keep myself lookin’ hot and SEXAY and line my pockets with a little jingle. Then at nights I cook at Merlotte’s bar where all the local necks hang out. So now I’m branchin’ out and I’m goin’ to be Bon Temps version of da BAM! man. I mean no one has more Bam! Bam! Bam! than ‘lil ole me! And I kin cook too! Every week or so I’m going to teach y’all to make food good enough to melt even Nan Flanagan’s heart. Bon Chika Wow Wow – Appetit!

Bon Temps Special Chicken Salad!

Child, ya boy been hanging out in dat Who Dat Nation. You might know it better as da Crescent City or New Orleans. I been in da East over der by ma boy house. He live by da Chef Pass. We been up to all kind of stuff, if ya know what I mean. He found me a couple of gigs and I lost track of time. Ain’t no tellin’ what I’d a got myself into if I’d a stayed out der. New Orleans ain’t no joke! I was hopin’ to run into a couple dem fine Saints players, but it ain’t happen, ‘cept in my dreams.

We tried to get ol Andy to come hang out wit us, but youse know that ain’t happen. Andy too scared to get outta his element. He like to stay to his housde right der in Bon Temps. Anyway, Sam called and said he need me back to work, so I went ahead on and went back up der. He been getting busy lately and Sookie not der to help. She been in Dallas organizing a search party to look for Vampire Bill. I sho hope he okay. No telling what dem ruthless vampires done to him. You just never know when it comes to dem.

Well, I got a new recipe for ya. Dis one is good on da heart and is easy and delicious – oh, nah dat sound like me I just described, but anyways, I think you gonna like dis here recipe:

Tear apart chicken and put in food processor. Once chopped, put chicken in large bowl. Grate egg and add all other ingredients. Mix together well and season to taste. You can spice things up a little by stuffing a tomato with the mixture, eating it on crackers or making sandwiches. Youse gonna love dis recipe and ya can thank ya boy later. It’ll be a hit at parties or to feed da family on da weekend. Quick, simple and tasty!

By da way, in case you was wonderin’ what so “special” bout dis recipe, it’s cuz of my secret ingredient. Oh well, I can let ya in on dat – it’s da chicken dat you use. Ain’t nothing else make dat chicken salad have as much taste as dem chicken’s dat been cooked slowly wit all dat seasoning.

Keep checking back. It’s swimsuit season and ya boy tryin’ to keep his girlish figure. I’ll be back wit some lowfat, delicious recipes.

(Photo credit: http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/)

Graphics Creation Credits: Steven Easterly

To read more yummy Lafayette approved recipes use the search function to find “What’s Cookin‘” in our archives!

Disclaimer: These recipes are provided for entertainment and culinary purposes only and should be made by ordinary humans only with ordinary ingredients. This column is a parody of the Gothic fantasy series, True Blood, and as such, is presented here for your amusement. What’s Cookin’ and the various writers that contribute to it, have no relationship/affiliation to HBO, True Blood, or any of the cast or crew of said nor any relation to Charlain Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse novels.